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Justin Covelli, 37

Was manager of Wiggins Co-Op

Posted:
01/26/2011 03:17:52 PM MST

Justin David Covelli, 37, died Saturday, January 22, 2011, after a short illness at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO. He was born June 2, 1973, in Brush, to Barry and Michelle Covelli.

Justin graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1991 and University of Northern Colorado in 1995. At the time of his death, Justin was manager of the Wiggins Co-Op. Justin married Melissa Ruhl on July 30, 2007, in Las Vegas, NV.

Justin enjoyed playing golf, playing and watching basketball (especially Duke Blue Devils), reading, and spending time with his family.

Survivors include his wife, Melissa, 2 sons, Mason and Aidan, his parents, Barry and Michelle Covelli, all of Fort Morgan; his brother, Josh, and his wife, Laura, of Greeley; his grandparents, Bert and Dorothy Covelli and Glen and Marilyn Perkins, all of Fort Morgan, and Betty Marshall of Wray, CO; his in-laws, Tom and Sandy Ruhl of Wiggins, Gerald and Bonnie Egan and 2 brothers Marc Ruhl, and his wife, Cassie, all of Greeley, and Jeff Ruhl, and his wife Nancy of Wiggins.

A memorial service will be Friday at 11:00 a.m. at the Wiggins Event Center. The service will conclude at the center. The Heer & Dahl Mortuaries & Crematory are entrusted with the arrangements. Friends who wish may make memorial gifts to the Justin Covelli family Memorial Fund, c/o High Plains Bank, in Wiggins.

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